Madam Speaker, the government is ceding our sovereignty to the United States with regard to leadership on this issue. President Obama has moved forward with his own strategy to deal with the situation, which really should require Canada to act sooner rather than later. To simply put this into another era of speculation is not acceptable.
Other countries have shown leadership in dealing with the situation. We know Guantanamo Bay's reputation. I can tell the House that living on the border where 40% of our trade goes to the United States daily and also having access to American discourse in their media and the general public on a regular basis, they understand how bad the situation is at that facility from its reputation and just find the situation unacceptable, which is what compelled the president to move in that direction. What is not acceptable is Canada continuing to be part of a process that is absent of leadership, and that is hurting our relationship with the United States. It is in the best interests of Canada to show leadership on this issue.